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Too big to fail financial services institutions have crashed the U.S. economy, throwing millions out of work, collapsing retirement funds and college savings accounts, and forcing many hard-working Americans out of their homes. The Financial Crisis Tracker highlights the toll this crisis has taken on average Americans. It gives a monthly tally of housing foreclosures, unemployment rates and the extraordinary cost to taxpayers of bailing out failed financial institutions. It is a more accurate measure of how we are doing as a nation than any Wall Street ticker. Enter your email in the box above right to receive our monthly press releases updating these numbers, and for other e-alerts on the financial crisis.

The Financial Crisis Tracker and related information is part of the Real Economy Project of the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD). The goal of the Real Economy Project is too simplify the complex issues related to the Wall Street meltdown and resultant recession, and give average citizens a role in shaping the solutions. CMD is a national nonprofit, nonpartisan organization based in Madison, Wisconsin. CMD publishes www.SourceWatch.org, www.PRWatch.org, the Weekly Spin, and www.BanksterUSA.org, our campaign site for citizens to weigh-in on strong bank reform proposals.